This second iteration of the spherical surface display ORB debuted in April 2008 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA. It features 216 lines of resolution on an 18" (45cm) diameter sphere. Thanks to improved control, color depth is continually being advanced and exceeds one million colors. SD cards are used for storage, so nearly 30 minutes of video can be programmed onto the piece, making it an ongoing experiment in terms of content.
The Orb is a persistence-of-vision spherical display created by hand by with mechanical design and fabrication by Ron Sears. Two have been made so far, the second of which displays visualizations created with device-specific software. Both Orbs have been presented at various conferences and festivals such as SIGGRAPH Asia, Maker Faire, and Coachella.
